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The PlayStation 2 (abbreviated as PS2) is Sony's second video game console, the successor to the PlayStation and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3. Its development was announced in 1999, and it was released in 2000. It was discontinued on January 4, 2013.

The PS2 is part of the sixth generation era of video games, and has become the fastest selling gaming console in history, with over 100 million units shipped by November 2005, beating the previous record holder, the PlayStation, by three years and nine months.

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The PlayStation 2 saw the greatest number of hardware changes over a span of more than a decade, divided between three different case styles. When it was first released to the public, the so-called "fat" PS2 (model SCPH-3xxxx) had two USB ports and an i.LINK (FireWire 400 4-pin) port on the lower front case that was never used by mainstream games. It had an expansion bay for an optional 40 GB hard disk and dual network adapter as well.

The next model lines, also "fat" (SCPH-5xxxx), retained the expansion bay but removed FireWire, adding instead a remote control sensor.

In 2004, Sony revealed a new, slimmer model (SCPH-7xxxx). This final series reduced both the weight and the power requirements of the console and integrated the network adapter. However, it removed the expansion mechanism for a hard disk. Consequently, only the first two series listed above were capable of running Final Fantasy XI.